MCCARTHY SHANKS LIMITED
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Cash
£81
0% vs 2024
Net assets
£247K
0% vs 2024
Employees
1
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£251K
+67.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £150,000 | £251,104 | +67.4% | |
| Net profit | £157,600 | £167,600 | £177,600 | £611,500 | £150,000 | £251,104 | +67.4% | |
| Cash | £81 | £81 | £81 | £81 | £81 | £81 | 0% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £830,670 | £414,004 | £4,264,779 | £247,337 | £247,337 | £247,337 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £247,337 | £247,337 | — | — | £247,337 | £247,337 | 0% | |
| Equity | — | £247,337 | — | £247,337 | £247,337 | £247,337 | 0% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | |
| Wages | £0 | — | £0 | £0 | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 90.9% | 90.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.00x | 0.00x |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MCCARTHY SHANKS LIMITED 2000-09-13 → present
- MARPLACE (NUMBER 497) LIMITED 2000-06-05 → 2000-09-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Chadwick and Company (Manchester) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MCCARTHY SHANKS LIMITED · parent
- Supertune Automotive Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 14 August 2024, the Ordinary 'A' £1 shares and Ordinary 'C' £1 shares in the company were re-designated as Ordinary £1 shares. On that date, the entire share capital of the company was acquired by Supertune Automotive Holdings Limited which became the controlling entity.”
- “On 14 August 2024, the Ordinary 'A' shares of £1 each and the Ordinary 'C' shares of £1 were re-designated as Ordinary shares of £1 each as part of the acquisition of the company by Supertune Automotive Holdings Limited.”
- “On 14 August 2024, the entire ordinary share capital of the company was acquired by Supertune Automotive Holdings Limited which became the parent undertaking. Supertune Automotive Holdings Limited is a limited company incorporated in England and Wales.”
- “Until 14 August 2024, the company owned 2,000 Ordinary 'A' shares of £1 each in the company's subsidiary undertaking, Supertune Automotive Ltd. On 14 August 2024, as part of the acquisition of the company and its subsidiary undertaking, Supertune Automotive Ltd, by Supertune Automotive Holdings Limited, the company also acquired the 1 Ordinary 'B' share of £1 each and the 1 Ordinary 'F' share of £1 each in Supertune Automotive Ltd for a total consideration of £nil. Subsequently, on 14 August 2024, the 2,000 Ordinary 'A' shares of £1 each, the 1 Ordinary 'B' share of £1 each and the 1 Ordinary 'F' share of £1 each in Supertune Automotive Ltd were re-designated as 2,002 Ordinary shares of £1 each.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCARTHY, Christopher Michael | Secretary | 2001-07-16 | — | British |
| MCCARTHY, Christopher Michael | Director | 2000-08-16 | Dec 1957 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNDERWOOD, Alison Elizabeth | Secretary | 2000-08-16 | 2001-07-13 |
| CS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-06-05 | 2000-08-16 |
| SHANKS, Margaret Jean | Director | 2000-08-16 | 2018-12-14 |
| CS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2000-06-05 | 2000-08-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supertune Automotive Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-08-14 | Active |
| Mrs Gillian Elaine Mccarthy | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-04-10 | Ceased 2024-08-14 |
| Mr Christopher Michael Mccarthy | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-08-14 |
| Miss Margaret Shanks | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-05 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-24 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-08-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-21 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-06-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-06-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.